Authors and Virtual Assistants Are Like Peanut Butter and Jelly

There isn’t author out there who doesn’t want more time in his or her day. Kelly Johnson will identify and demonstrate how in the Eagle session on May 1st at the Author U Extravaganza in Stage Right: It’s the Virtual Assistant … Add Time to YourDay Doing the Work You Love and Deal with the Overwhelm Factor.

Whether you just started your business or have been a business owner for years, chances are one of the main reasons you started your business was to create a better balance between your personal and professional life. You probably also had a passion for the service or products you offer and wanted to focus on working with your ideal clients.

Working with a virtual assistant helps to support both of those reasons! Get ready to get these questions answered:

What is a Virtual Assistant?

When should you start working with a Virtual Assistant?

What are tasks I may delegate to a Virtual Assistant?

How do I find a Virtual Assistant, and what aspects should I consider in working with a Virtual Assistant?

Demo of “cool tools” that you can use to make your professional life easier–and maybe even have some fun!

Peanut Butter and Jelly … great on toast, great in a sandwich, and great for the author who needs some help!

Kelly Johnson is a Certified Professional Virtual Assistant and works with authors to manage technical, creative, and administrative projects for their businesses and books. Her areas of expertise focus on technical projects and online resources. She’s an article writing coach, conducts blog and website maintenance, knows how to implement an online shopping cart strategy, and is the owner of Cornerstone Virtual Assistance. She can be reached at KJohnson@CornerStoneVA.com and her website is www.CornerStoneVA.com.

If you are looking for FREE author and book coaching … call in to Judith’s Author Monday Morningsat NOON Eastern each Monday. The number is 218-632-9854; Access Code 1239874444 … have your questions ready–there’s a full hour to ask and listen.

Author U is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the author who wants to be seriously successful. Ongoing education programs delivered face-to-face and online, The Author Resource ezine, BookCamps and the annual AuthorU Extravaganza are tools designed for authors pre, during and post publishing of their books. Become a GOLD member at AuthorU.org.

Author U is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to the author who wants to be seriously successful. Ongoing education programs delivered face-to-face and online, The Author Resource ezine, BookCamps and the annual AuthorU Extravaganza are tools designed for authors pre, during and post publishing of their books. Become a GOLD member at AuthorU.org.

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